A growing village (villa) of the Romangia district, first named in 1131 in the record book (condaghe) of San Pietro di Silki; its church of San Nicola is mentioned in 1135.
People are moving here from the coast at Torres. It is not yet a town with walls or a commune: it becomes the judges' last capital in the thirteenth century and a free commune with its statutes in 1294.
Who holds it
- Name
- Comita
- Title
- Judge of Torres
- Confidence
- high
Lord in 1200
Comita, judge of Torres; a village of the Romangia district.
How things stand that morning
A village of the judge's on 1 January 1200; not yet a town.
Where the sources disagree
Evidence: Early mentions are in the condaghe of Silki; its growth is a thirteenth-century story.
Primary sources for Torres
Chronicles, registers, sagas and inscriptions written in or near 1200 that cover this entry. Each has its own page with editions, translations and where to read it.
- Annals of Genoa, by Caffaro and his continuators, with Ogerio Pane for 1197 to 1219, Ogerio Pane and the other official annalists of Genoa (year by year under the commune's authority; the 1197 to 1219 section by Ogerio Pane). The official record of the commune. Read online
- Annals of Pisa, by Bernardo Maragone, with continuation, Bernardo Maragone (1160s to 1175, continued to 1192). Pisa's official annals stop in 1175 and their continuation in 1192, so there is no Pisan narrative for 1200 itself. Read online
- The register of San Pietro di Silki (11th to 13th centuries). A monastic register of lands, serfs, gifts and lawsuits in the giudicato of Torres (Logudoro), written in the vernacular.
Sources and studies
Last revised 4 November 2026. Published 4 November 2026. Suggest a correction on the OMNIA Discord.